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As of July 5, the Wooldridge Brothers' Kickstarter campaign to raise funds for not one, but two new records - the band's next studio album and Scott Wooldridge's solo album - was a success. However, fans won't have to wait long for new Wooldridge Brothers music. Well, new-ish music.

Last year we asked a group of local music scene movers and shakers what ended up in the "Top 25 Most Played" playlist in their iTunes and got some great responses. So we decided to ask more local musicians - industry cats - what rocked their musical worlds in 2012.

A Concert For Eileen will take place Saturday, March 10 at Shank Hall. The event is a fundraiser for mother and artist Eileen Worman who is in need of a kidney. Multiple Milwaukee bands joined forces to help with medical bills, and a few of the bands reunited for the event.

It took about a year for me to stumble into the music scene after moving to Milwaukee in 1983. Jay French was already there -- firmly entrenched in that scene -- when I arrived. Last week, Jay died, leaving behind two great kids, and even if a lot of us didn't see him very often, his passing leaves a hole in the music scene.